Read Trevor Noah's Born Sinful.

Trevor (Treva) is a comedian, talk show performer, TV and radio host from South Africa. 20 15 took over the American late-night political talk show "The Daily Show of Cui Wa", which was broadcast on 1996. Because of his humorous and profound style, he is deeply loved by the audience. Born guilty is Trevor Noah's autobiography, but the whole book has a large pattern, so it reads more like a microcosm of people of color in the same situation as Cui Wa.

This book is divided into three parts. The first part is about Cui Wa's childhood, the second part is about his awkward adolescence, and the third part is more like some thoughts he had when he grew up. Each part has its own emphasis, and what remains unchanged is Cui Wa's humor and humanistic care as always.

First of all, the title of the book is Born a Crime, which is translated into Chinese as Born a Crime. This is related to the apartheid system in South Africa. What is apartheid? For example, in American history, three things happened: driving aborigines to reservations, black slavery, and apartheid. Imagine that these three things happen to the same group of people at the same time, and that is apartheid.

Treva's mother is black in South Africa, and her father is white and mixed-race. For South Africa, which has recognized apartheid for many years, marrying people of other races is a kind of resistance to apartheid, which is more serious than treason and a crime. The police station has a special squad to patrol. Once intermarriage is found, it will be punched and kicked (usually black).

And this system is actually very outrageous and illogical. There is such an example in the book:

China people are defined as black in South Africa, but Japanese people are classified as white. The reason is that the South African government hopes to maintain good relations with Japan so as to facilitate the import of their cars and electronic products. So the Japanese won the honor of being white, while the China people were still black. Therefore, Cui Wa always thinks that a South African policeman should not tell the difference between China and Japanese, but their job is to ensure that people with incorrect skin color don't do anything incorrect. What would he say if he saw an Asian sitting on a bench that only whites could sit on?

"Hey, get out of that chair, China!"

Sorry, I'm Japanese. "

"Oh, I'm very sorry, Sir. I didn't mean to be racist. Have a nice afternoon.

This is another example. Treva has a friend who dances very well. Her name is Hitler. Yes, that's Hitler. The name is also related to apartheid. At that time, blacks were asked to take a British name or a European name. And the names of Europeans are all taken blindly, so there are names like Hitler and Napoleon. At first, this name was not special in South Africa, because people didn't really know its meaning until Treva and Hitler were invited to perform in a Jewish school.

Trevor and Hitler arrived in the lobby of the Jewish school and began to perform. At the climax of the dance, Treva picked up the microphone and began to perform. "Are you ready?" ? "Yes!" Jewish children shouted enthusiastically.

"Give it up, Hitler!"

The audience stopped, and Trevor continued to shout, "Jump, Hitler, jump, Hitler!" "

The teachers, guardians, parents and hundreds of children at the scene stayed where they were, while Treva and Hitler were still dancing somehow.

Finally, a female teacher reacted, unplugged the power on the wall and began to argue with Cui Wa. However, this is also what the chicken tells the duck. Treva thinks that Jews can't accept their culture, while female teachers think Treva is challenging them.

The female teacher felt offended, and Treva felt offended because she was offended. Cui Wa was finally kicked out, singing "Jump, Hitler" when she left.

The whole story Cui Wa himself has a summary:

What can't be mentioned in this book is Treva's mother. Some people say that this book is a hymn written by Treva to her mother. Although Treva's mother is black, she never thought about limiting Treva's life. In the cycle of discrimination, poverty and violence, she tried her best to create a normal life for him. More importantly, she talks about and thinks about him as an adult:

Although young Treva doesn't know what foreplay is yet.

In the last chapter of the book, Cui Wa's mother was shot by her stepfather, but her mother had no medical insurance and had to bear high medical expenses every day in the intensive care unit, which might make Cui Wa heavily in debt for the rest of her life.

Treva is very frank. At that moment, he hesitated. It was at that moment that Cui Wa discovered that her love was really too small compared with that of her parents. He remembered that when he was a child, her mother jumped out of the car without hesitation to protect him:

Finally, Cui Wa firmly chose to continue to treat her mother, and her mother finally recovered.

There are many "positive" remarks in the book, such as skin color is like different chocolates:

For example, some descriptions about family background:

Finally:

I have been reading this book for about four months, and the progress is 1% every day. I finally finished reading it, and it is scattered!